[Oncological Disease and Pregnancy Denial: Psychological Support and Interdisciplinary Collaboration].

In the following casuistry, a denied advanced pregnancy was discovered during the diagnosis of an oncological disease. Faced with a life-threatening condition, the patient urged late termination of the pregnancy and was introduced to psychological counselling in order to find a viable and ethically justifiable solution. Strategies for crisis intervention and supportive approaches in the patient's care as well as interdisciplinary collaboration are presented and discussed.

[Patient concerns and palliative psychology interventions within an inpatient palliative care service].

Background: Multi-professional inpatient palliative care services are increasingly complementing palliative care in hospitals alongside palliative care units. The present study aims to investigate the nature and frequency of patient concerns and palliative psychological interventions in the context of palliative psychological work, as well as the perceived quality of outcomes in an inpatient palliative service.

Methods: Palliative psychological interventions for terminally ill patients at the inpatient palliative care service at Leipzig University Hospital were investigated in a prospective follow-up evaluation study.

The Relationship between Supportive Care Needs and Health-Related Quality of Life in Cancer Patients.

The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between quality of life (QoL) and supportive care needs (SCNs) in cancer patients. It is difficult to relate SCNs to detriments in QoL since SCNs and QoL assessment tools generally comprise different dimensions that cannot be directly related to each other. Therefore, we developed a short questionnaire with eight dimensions for uniformly measuring SCNs, QoL, and the subjective importance of these dimensions.

Supportive care needs and health-related quality of life in cancer patients receiving palliative care.

Objective: Cancer patients receiving palliative care experience a variety of impairments in their quality of life (QoL), and have corresponding supportive care needs (SCNs). The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between SCNs, satisfaction with QoL dimensions, and the perceived importance of these dimensions.

Method: A sample of 152 cancer patients receiving palliative care were included in this cross-sectional study.

[Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy in Psycho-Oncological Care].

Being diagnosed with cancer is commonly associated with psychological distress. Especially patients with advanced disease report a range of distinct symptoms that are referred to as existential distress. The conceptualization of existential distress is mainly characterized by the loss of a sense of meaning and purpose in life resulting from the confrontation with a life-threatening disease.

The German version of the body image scale: Validation and item response analysis in cancer patients.

Objective: To translate the cancer-specific Body Image Scale (BIS) into German and assess its psychometric properties.

Methods: The BIS was translated in accordance with current guidelines. In a prospective, cross-sectional two center study (psychosocial counselling center for cancer patients Leipzig, oncological inpatient ward Berlin), we assessed composite reliability and factor structure using confirmatory factor analysis.

Attitudes toward a COVID-19 vaccine and vaccination status in cancer patients: a cross-sectional survey.

Purpose: We aim to assess attitudes toward a COVID-19 vaccine and vaccination status in cancer patients and to explore additional factors such as the level of information and comprehensibility and accessibility of this information, anxiety symptoms in general and toward COVID-19, and general health literacy.

Methods: We included 425 outpatients (mean age 61.4, age range 30-88 years, 60.

Efficacy of the Managing Cancer and Living Meaningfully (CALM) individual psychotherapy for patients with advanced cancer: A single-blind randomized controlled trial.

Objective: We aimed to determine whether the Managing Cancer and Living Meaningfully (CALM) therapy is superior to a non-manualized supportive psycho-oncological counselling intervention (SPI).

Methods: Adult patients with advanced cancer and ≥9 points on the PHQ-9 and/or ≥5 points on the DT were randomized to CALM or SPI. We hypothesized that CALM patients would report significantly less depression (primary outcome) on the BDI-II and the PHQ-9 6 months after baseline compared to SPI patients.

[Supportive Care and Information Needs of Cancer Survivors: A Comparison of Two Cohorts of Longterm Cancers Survivors 5 and 10 Years after Primary Cancer Diagnosis].

Objectives: Addressing information and supportive care needs could enhance cancer survivors' ability to cope with the long-term and/or late effects of their disease. The study examines how long-term cancer survivors evaluate information received during the course of cancer and aims to identify supportive care needs.

Methods: The data were collected in a cross-sectional cancer registry cohort study including 1002 patients (participation rate 53%, five years post diagnosis n=660 (65.

[Psychoonkologie].

Cancer is one of the most common diseases in adults. Despite an increasing incidence worldwide, many people survive the disease today. The multimodal therapies that prolong life affect patients' quality of life.

[Outpatient Psychosocial Cancer Care at a University Medical Center - Study Results Concerning Patient Characteristics and Care Needs].

Background: Psychosocial care for cancer patients has gained importance in recent years and psycho-oncological counselling centers (POCC's) offer a wide range of services in this area. We investigated the scope and content of a POCC at a university medical center.

Methods: The presented data were collected at the POCC at University Medical Center Leipzig in 2014.

[Stigmatizing Attitudes towards Cancer Patients--Results of a Representative Population Survey].

Objective: To investigate stigmatizing attitudes towards cancer patients in the general population and to examine their association with socio-structural characteristics and perceived causes of disease.

Methods: We recruited a representative sample from the German general population (n=2420; mean age: 52 years; 54% women). Stigmatizing attitudes were assessed with a 9-item scale.

The relationship of quality of life and distress in prostate cancer patients compared to the general population.

Background: The aim of this study is two-fold. The first part compares quality of life (QoL) data of prostate cancer patients with those of a representative and age-specific sample of the general population and analyzes the influence of cancer related as well as socio-demographic parameters on QoL. Secondly, differences in QoL depending on the experienced psychological distress will be shown both in prostate cancer patients and in the general population.